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Moving and intelligent comedy-drama about a family of once-successful children who have now fallen apart after the divorce of their parents and complete lack of responsibility shown by their father.
The story is deep and honest, with very real issues tackled and a perfect balance of clever comedy. Gene Hackman is especially terrific, but the rest of the cast are great too. Wes Anderson's an... read more

Would I want to be inducted into this particular order of nobility? Not especially, actually.

I mean, I suppose that they were all just too damn talented, or something.... One might almost ask Lady Chekhov here-- or any of them, actually-- if you're so damn clever, then why can't you figure out how to be happy.

Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.

“To be honest, it has been a while since I have this flick and I should definitely re-watch it if I have the opportunity. In fact, this is the first movie directed by Wes Anderson I have ever saw and, I remember it very well, I saw it in the movie theater when it was released. At the time, there was a lot of hype about this fairly new director and he was apparently the new US indie sensation so I was really eager to check this flick. Eventually, even though I admired the work done and even though I thought it was pretty good, I can’t say I was really blown away which would be the case with most of the movies directed by Wes Anderson. As usual, he had a really impressive cast (Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Danny Glover),” read more

"25.01.2015
"I'm very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman."
I can see why this is considered one of Wes Anderson's best movies. I liked it much better than Rushmore at least. The cast were all great here. Gene Hackman might have been an asshole on set, but he did deliver some of his best work here. Luke Wilson was also surprisingly great here. I usually find him very dull and forgettable in most of the movies he is in, but here he actually gave a good performance. B"